Mediation then the Hearings On Thursday afternoon I will be attending a closed Mediation session of the Unitary Plan covering “Unitary Plan Chapter/Section H1.2.3 & H1.2.6 – Number of parking and … Continue reading Parking Minimums In The Unitary Plan Are Back Up for Debate
Future Port Study Draft Scope also up The agenda for the May Auckland Development Committee is now up and can be read below: The attachments and extra attachments can be … Continue reading Auckland Development Committee May Agenda Up
Government needs to get a serious clue (and so does the Opposition) I have seen the articles and radio interviews this morning about Auckland Council turning down three Greenfield Special … Continue reading Auckland (and NZ) Can Not Afford More Sprawl
City nor even New Zealand are not united behind the Opposition I spotted this on Twitter yesterday and Retweet quoted it with my reply underneath it: Tenby Powell @tenbypowell This is … Continue reading Leadership on the Port? Opposition Continues to Fail There
Council still needs to convince of City Centre Centric Based LTP Which would be in defiance of the submissions to the Long Term Plan which said less on the … Continue reading Individual Long Term Plan Budget Lines Make for Sad Reading
Why the Split on Geographic Grounds? On Thursday the Governing Body resolved through the Mayor’s casting vote to allow the Port of Auckland compromise (extending one wharf rather than … Continue reading Geographic Split on the Port Debate
Review to get under way – mid year I am been a vocal critic of the Council being extremely slow in investigating new ways of getting alternative funding for projects … Continue reading Council to Look at Alternative Funding – PROPERLY This Time
An Equitable City is One That Allows Growth in All Areas A situation has arisen in Melbourne. From The Age The selfishness that’s tearing Melbourne apart Date April 29, 2015 – … Continue reading Melbourne Selfishness is Same as Auckland
Red-light Runners and Police Excuse systematic of our Transport Planning Failures Auckland Council and Auckland Transport; we have a serious problem we need to have a wee chat about. … Continue reading Millwater: We Are Not Achieving The World’s Most Liveable (nor equitable) City
Not the Corridor that bothers me, it is what they want in terms of Regional Development The 4-lane de-facto urban motorway that is fast becoming the moniker for the Redoubt … Continue reading Mill Road and Regional Development (We Are Not Achieving The World’s Most Liveable City)
Talking Southern Auckland 